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Old 18-09-2006, 03:35 AM posted to alt.home.lawn.garden
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Default How to kill nutsedge (was: How to KILL NUT GRASS)

Eggs Zachtly wrote:

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Notes:

[1]. If you can avoid buying the brand name "Roundup", do it. Look for
"glyphosate", it's the active ingredient. Scotts lost their patent, and
therefore their monopoly on glyphosate. The price difference is worth the
extra searching.

[2]. Requires the use of a crop oil (1.0% V/V).

[3]. Requires the use of a non-ionic surfactant (0.25% V/V).

HTH



http://www.agrisupplyco.com/cgi-bin/...379.000000&l=1

41% Glyphosate Concentrate (Active Ingredient)

mix 3 ounces Gly Star™ Original with each gallon of water
in the mix container. then add 3 to 5 drops of Joy dish
washing detergent for each gallon in the mix container.
the detergent makes the Glyphosate mixture stick longer on
the plant and has the effect of producing a better and more
effective kill. without the use of a surfactant nut grass
is near impossible to kill due to the limited surface area
available on nut grass for chemical adhesion. you can spend
the extra money for the Gly Star™ Plus, however, the Joy works
just as well.


yes, technically defined, it was named nutsedge. but, some
of us are still going to call it nut grass!